Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 20:17:23 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Electric Vanagon via EV West?
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Me too
I’m not asking for lots of hp and torque, just range.
Btw, the linked package seems to be 71hp 120ftlb .
A wee bit on the light side for us.
Alistair
> On Aug 25, 2021, at 7:50 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am hoping my next motor will be electric - possibly 5 to10 years....who
> knows? I think things are going to change dramatically with the price of
> fuel and the amount of economic and environmental change on the horizon -
> blah, blah, blah...Anyway other than the weight - I think our vans are
> pretty well set up for a retrofit package.
>
> If you have the patience check out this video and marvel at the ability of
> this machinist.
>
> https://youtu.be/x4im3M9IFcI
>
> Bruce
>
>
>> On Wednesday, August 25, 2021, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>> That’s awesome. Any idea based on the specs how much batteries would cost
>> and what kind of range could be expected? My Boston Bob 2.1 has about 50k
>> km on it so expect it to run a good long time - long enough for electric
>> conversions to become commonplace.
>> Jeff
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>>> On Aug 25, 2021, at 8:25 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I actually think it will be great when along with posts about gas
>> engines and diesel, and different types of gas engines in our vans we
>> include questions on caring for electric vans.
>>>
>>> I expect mine to run as is for a long time.
>>>
>>> But, who knows what 15 years from now might bring?
>>>
>>> But, my hope is to have a very cool electric VW camper and a very
>> special 85 Vanagon side by side.
>>>
>>> Fingers crossed the electric one drives itself!
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Aug 25, 2021, at 4:05 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Funny! I took a trip out to San Diego a couple of years BC and intended
>> to
>>>> go visit EV West with that in mind, but I couldn't spark enough
>> interest in
>>>> my family to make the trip up there. Dang it.
>>>>
>>>> Marc Perdue
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:10 PM Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Was watching some fun videos about electric conversions of a 356 and a
>>>>> split-window
>>>>> bus <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omOUc75r39g&t=123s> by the
>> wizards at
>>>>> EV West and thought about what it would take to get a bolt-in kit
>>>>> <https://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=226> to
>> make
>>>>> an electric Vanagon. I wrote to their sales department inquiring
>> whether a
>>>>> Vanagon kit might be on the horizon and they said no, unsurprisingly.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, they said a number of customers have purchased their
>> universal kit
>>>>> for Vanagons(!). Anyone on the list one of these folks? If so, can you
>>>>> speak to your experience?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully,
>>>>> -MB
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>>>> Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com
>>>>>
>>
